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NY Times, Saturday, October 29, 1994

Author: Frank A. Longo/Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 26, Avg Word Len: 6.03, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.41)
Open squares: 111, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 83.7
This is puzzle 1 of 67 for Mr. Longo — solos: 65, collaborations: 2, Sundays: 14

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© 1994, The New York Times
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1. Luminesced : SHIMMERED
10. Course : CLASS
15. Fatalness : LETHALITY
16. J.P. Donleavy novel : LEILA
17. Kudos : ACCOLADES
18. Like many teacups : EARED
19. Ultimate : NTH
20. Tropical fruit tree : ATES
21. Spread : PARTED
22. Most newspapers : DAILIES
24. Plot : CONNIVE
25. Sea eagles : ERNES
26. Search party members : POSSEMEN
27. Backsliding : REGRESSIVE
30. 1981 Beatty-Keaton epic : REDS
31. Mountaineers : SCALERS
33. Canine cries : ARFS
37. Hires too many employees : OVERSTAFFS
42. Spayed : NEUTERED
44. Lofty nest: Var. : EYRIE
45. Snubbed : IGNORED
46. Bygone empress : TSARINA
48. City on the Bay of Bengal : MADRAS
49. Nectar flavor : PEAR
50. Male cat : GIB
51. Nom de guerre : ALIAS
52. Chew : MASTICATE
54. Shade : TINGE
55. Linked in a series : CATENATED
56. Fired up : EAGER
57. Vulgarity : CRASSNESS
 1. Throw dirt on : SLANDER
2. 2.471 acres : HECTARE
3. Restless : ITCHING
4. Conductance unit : MHO
5. Feeling of discomfort : MALAISES
6. Cheer : ELATE
7. Disneyland attractions : RIDES
8. Parisian summers : ETES
9. Functional prefix : DYS
10. Absterges : CLEANS
11. Student : LEARNER
12. TV show's spot : AIRTIME
13. Having protective wrapping : SLEEVED
14. Dispirits : SADDENS
21. Brainteasers : POSERS
23. Manannan's father, in myth : LER
24. Stand in (for) : COVER
26. Aheap : PILED
28. Makes baskets : SCORES
29. Made a copy on a floppy : SAVED
32. Candle-wax compounds : STEARINS
33. Vivify : ANIMATE
34. King's privileges : REGALIA
35. Financial support : FUNDING
36. Safekeeping : STORAGE
38. Burgh on the Firth of Clyde : AYR
39. Aircraft carrier escort : FRIGATE
40. Sets that have limits : FINITES
41. Ocean floors : SEABEDS
43. Pencil topper : ERASER
46. Seed coat : TESTA
47. Overindulges : SATES
49. Famous name in TV talk : PAAR
52. Year in King John's reign : MCC
53. Hoosegow : CAN
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